Call for Worshops, Forums, and Symposia with Instructions & Guidelines

• It is recommended that you compile all information necessary for completing this form in a word document (or other similar document) and spell check your text prior to completing this application.

• PLEASE NOTE: Full symposia are 2 hours in length and may have no more than 5 speakers, one of whom must be the discussant. This provides approximately 25 minutes each for four presentations (20 minutes for the talk and 5 minutes for questions), and 20 minutes for the discussant. These guidelines are designed to ensure that speakers have the opportunity to present greater depth and breadth of their topic and to promote more discussion during the session. Please encourage your discussant to present a more broad interpretation of the topic rather than focusing just on his/her own work. The discussant should tie together the prior presentations and encourage discussion from the audience

  Due to the limited number of slots for speakers, the Program Committee will select a speaker for only one symposium or workshop.

  Once the speakers, titles, and the order of their presentation have been decided (in February), nothing can be changed.

• When you are notified that your proposal has been accepted for inclusion in the program, you must relay the information to the co-chair and speakers, reconfirm their participation, their member status (member/non-member), and transmit this information in a timely fashion to our office. Early Bird Registration fees will be discounted by 50%  for up to 5 speakers in a full symposium.  Please list the names and member status of every person who is to receive the discount.  We need the information prior to the individual’s attempting to register.  You should remind all participants that they must register online for the meeting, using the appropriate code provided by the chair, and reserve rooms in the hotel. It is expected that all speakers will attend at least a few days of the meeting and not limit their participation to the one session in which they are presenting.

  *The Program Committee will exercise its judgment in deciding whether full symposia should be altered due to programmatic needs. In the event that a full symposium is altered, the Program Chair will contact the Symposium Chair to discuss which speakers will be included.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Complete the information on this first screen and submit.
2. Enter the Speakers and Speaker Titles on the secondary screen.
3. Click Edit beside each Speaker Presentation to answer specific questions for each Speaker.
4. You must provide 5 presenters, where one presenter must be identified as the Discussant.
5. Enter Title in sentence case format with no period at the end.Examples:Opioid Research Medicine: Gasping Our Way Through – WrongOPIOID RESEARCH MEDICINE: GASPING OUR WAY THROUGH - WrongOpioid research medicine: Gasping our way through – CorrectImproper titles may result in the rejection of your submission.
6. The primary submitter will have edit access up until the close of the call for submissions.
7. For each speaker that is added, the speakers will have access to update their own contact profile information and their presentation title only. Speakers will receive an email providing their access details and fields to be updated in their contact profile.